Minneapolis high schools under fire for teaching ‘all-Black’ classes

Several public high schools in Minneapolis reportedly teach all-black classes that prohibit white and Asian students from participating.

The courses are elective ones that focus on so-called black culture, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

One of the elective classes, “BLACK Culture – Building Lives Acquiring Cultural Knowledge,” is reportedly only open to black males. This class examines “the complexity of the black male experience by exploring the lived reality of black men in the United States.”

Another of the elective classes, “BLACK Culture – Building Lives Acquiring Cultural Knowledge (Queens),” is open only to black females, who are described as so-called “queens.” This class examines “the experiences of black girls in public schools.”

South High School’s 2025-2026 curriculum guidehttps://t.co/Ir64AwXIaw pic.twitter.com/avJjQjVIUj

— Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) October 16, 2025

Minneapolis’ oldest high school, South High School, offers both courses in its 2025-2026 curriculum guide. So do Edison High School and North High School. Roosevelt High School only offers the “Queens” course.

These courses are outright illegal, according to Dan Morenoff, the executive director of the American Civil Rights Project.

“It is extremely hard to imagine how this could possibly be legal under either Title VI or Title IX to literally have programming explicitly open only to one race,” he told the  Beacon.

Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act explicitly prohibits racial discrimination by any organizations, including schools, that receive federal funding.

The classes also appear to violate the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling that outlawed segregation in public schools.

“In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional,” according to the National Archives. “It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States.”

Roosevelt High School’s Individuals and Societies course catalog for the “Class of 2026 and 2027” and “Class of 2028 and beyond.”https://t.co/2AQ1hubsvy pic.twitter.com/o4Dm3AxYbb

— Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) October 16, 2025

Morenoff also dismissed the claim that these laws don’t apply because the courses are electives.

“I am sure that there are those who would tell you that they could draw a distinction based on whether or not this was compulsory given the language of Title VI,” he said. “I strongly doubt that those arguments are good.”

“Is there a federal funding recipient? Yes. Does the federal funding recipient have a program that we’re talking about? Yes. Is that program and its benefits being afforded to individuals or denied to individuals based on their race? The answer is very clearly yes. We’re kind of done. It doesn’t actually matter whether it’s mandatory,” he added.

Once again, Minnesota is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Behind me is Minneapolis South — a school offering segregated classes for black kids only pic.twitter.com/ikZ9G0qdQu

— Kendall Qualls (@KendallQuallsMN) October 16, 2025

The classes are reportedly promoted by the so-called Office of Black Student Achievement.

Minneapolis Public Schools associated superintendent Michael Walker  reportedly established the office in 2014 to “address the needs of the largest demographic group within MPS.”

“Historical context proves that the educational system was designed for the educational success of White students, which had and continues to have a direct and negative impact on the opportunities and experiences of Black students,” the office’s website says. “We are not here to ‘fix’ Black students. In fact, we are here to change the beliefs and mindsets of educators as well as awaken the greatness within Black students.”

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